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Historic Preservation Board has further discussion on potential code enforcement exemptions for downtown area
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board had a discussion regarding the code enforcement com…
Sea turtle hatchlings rescued by patroller
■ BY SUE ERWIN Two baby green sea turtle hatchlings were very lucky last week to have an alert patrol member find them aft…
Fundraiser planned for teacher with island ties battling rare disease
■ BY SUE ERWIN Lauren Hanrahan once taught kindergarten at The Island School. Now she teaches third grade at Englewood Ele…
Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary Club taking donations for Bahamas, island drop-off point at Key Agency Insurance
■ STAFF REPORT The Englewood Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary Club, in coll…
Island fire and rescue personnel respond to report of woman drowning in Gasparilla Sound
■ STAFF REPORT Boca Grande Fire Department and Charlotte County mar…
Profile: Dencina Ihlanberg
■ BY SUE ERWIN Dencina Ihlanberg is an amazingly strong woman – emotionally, physically and spiritually. Over a few short …
Obituary: George Robert Baker
George Robert Baker – November 5, 1929 to September 3, 2019 – died peacefully at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago…
Impossible to forget …
■ BY NED HICKSON I’ll never forget how I felt this day 18 years ago as an American, a volunteer firefighter and as a fathe…
Another typical island controversy arises … oh, joy
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE In my house, the quickest way to lose privileges is to demand them … especially when said privilege …
‘Come get us, please!’ Local woman shares story of her Murphy Town family and their Dorian catastrophe
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE UPDATE TO THIS STORY: As of Thursday evening, Dencina’s family had been relocated to Nassau and even m…